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How many use them to change your oil in your tractor haulers or pickups. If you do what do you think of them do they do a good job?
 
I rarely let anyone work on my machinery and trucks, the last people I would let near it would be one of the low end "mechanics" at one of those places. Machines of any kind are not cheap to repair or replace, I put my hard work into purchasing them so you can bet I am pretty particular about who tinkers with them even if it is as simple as an oil change a mistake can cost in the thousands
 
I've used Jiffy Lube in Tulsa, and was truly impressed. I always change my own oil, this was for a friend at work, I took the car in. Lady running the place knew her stuff, checked the car well, offered to change the air filter (declined, not dirty enough for me) and wiper blades (accepted, their price was about retail at Walmart plus they installed). They were fast, discussed oil selection competently, and was not at all what I expected. Lady running the place had worked at several and convinced me this was not a unique experience. I still change my own, but I've got a lift to justify.
 
I sometimes take a vehicle to the oil change places but I'm pretty careful after one of them left the filter loose enough to leak out a couple quarts of oil. Luckily I caught it and tightened the filter and refilled the oil with no engine damage.
 
Jiffy Lube can get spendy if you get their "Signature Service". If all you want is a cheap oil change, find a new car dealer near you, any brand. Seems all the makes are forcing redicuously low price oil changes on all their dealers, and dealer owners are too ignorant to say no. One near me was at 14.95 awhile back. GM has 19.95 regularly.
 
The Michigan City Valvoline Instant Oil Change is owned and operated by a close friend of mine. South on 421 near Meijers. He is responsible for more positive "car saving" interventions than most self done oil changes. About 30% of customers arrive with 2 cups of "original" oil in their 60,000 mile car. "I came in because my oil light comes on every time I slow down" is a common comment. Go there and find bliss. Jim
 
A friend just told me today of a local place that changes his oil but did not check his PS oil and it went dry.

I do my own still and have no one to blame but me if there is a problem.
 
If you have enough time to muck around with an old tractor WHY not just change your own oil (as I do) then you KNOW what's been done and can look out for many other potential problems while your under there?

On the other hand, if you are a fast paced yuppie city-slicker like my son Drew that trades Tyvoda "pickups" every few years what have you got to lose going to the quickie places?
 
I use the Quick Lube in Clovis, NM have since back in the 90s. Only issue I ever had was they forgot to put my filler cap on once. It was a week later when I noticed, got one at NAPA as I was out of town, told them about it when I went in the next time. He did my oil change for free.
 
I've heard too many horror stories about the 18 year old "techs" that work as such places to let any of them touch anything that I own.

Dean
 
Or you be like me and be almost totally disabled and find it physically impossible to do an oil change. The dealer does my oil changes and tire rotations.
 
I sympathize with you wgm, because some days I hurt so much I feel I'm not too far from what you are are saying.

On the other hand, I got the impression that the OP was involved in the tractor hobby, and my comments were based upon that.
 
Have always done my own but got tired of hauling 5 gallon buckets of used oil to recycle. Took my MF and tried a Pro-Lube, and it was good I guess, same cost as me doing it myself, much easier. It was good to go to car wash, then fuel it up allon same trip to town, only 2 miles way. Not sure how to get my tri-cycle Farmall across the pit, but might try t hat tractor too shortly.
 
I've changed my ownoil for 60 years and only once while on vacation did someone else do it. How many places would pre-fill the oil filter before installation like I do?
 
Would never go to one of those places. Had the dealer do first oil change on a new Toyota. Checked when I got home; they left the wire off of the oil pressure sending unit. I change my own oil.

Saw a video about a creeper that folds up to a stool, then you sit down on that and it lowers your body down to a flat creeper. Uses two 18-volt batteries. Don't know how much they cost, but it might be a good investment instead of letting someone else ruin your engine.
 
Years ago when I was just starting my law practice this young lady comes to my home office telling how she went to BIG BOX STORE for an oil change. She paid them and left and a little bit down the road her warning lights came on and her engine seized up. Seems they drained her old oil okay BUT THEY FAILED TO REPLACE IT WITH ANY NEW OIL. Believe it or not BIG BOX STORE wouldn't settle out of court and demanded a full blown jury trial. They only offered to replace her engine with one from a junk yard versus say a Jasper Rebuilt. It was funny when at trial I said JUNK YARD ENGINE their attorney OBJECTED to use of that term lol. Anyway we won but that was my last jury trial TOO MUCH WORK IN PREPARATION.

I have changed my own for over 50 years except for one time when it was 10 below and I had no shop. However many yuppies or nnalert don't know how (despite having PHD's) or don't want to get dirty so those places provide a service (how well Im NOT saying).

John T Country Lawyer
 
They have their place. In very cold weather I prefer to stop into a drive through place after work rather than lay under the low car on my frozen garage floor or the hassle of making an appointment to drop off the car for a day at a dealer or a garage. The cost difference is less than $10 more than when I do it myself. I make a quick check under the hood and under the car before I leave the parking lot. Problems are few, on par with going to a dealer or when I do it myself. The quality depends on the manager, just like any other business.

One close to me closed, the owner said when times got tough many people doubled or tripled the time between oil changes.
 
I have got to the age that I can't roll around under car or truck but still do tractors. I take my own oil filter( Wix or NAPA Gold) I don't like the odd ball filters that they use. I always keep an eye on oil level and look on ground for leaks for a while after oil change.
 
Mike Hall is the owner's name, Give it a whirl. Tell the front desk Jim Nicholson sends his regards. Jim
 
we did that along with our tire shop, kept many different brands of oil, was very good at it always greased every fitting, a lot of people did not know their cars had grease fittings. changed filters, always pulled the air filter and showed it to the customer letting them make the decision to replace it or not, checked the air in the tires including the spare. checked all other fluids under the hood. This happened every time anyone came in wanting an oil change. We stayed till the last customer was out the door even those who arrived after quitting time. A lot of our people were retired or ladies going to work every day. I would even go in after hours and help out when needed. We were in small town Iowa and our business and reputation depended on a job well done. We wiped the dirt off the grease fittings before the grease gun was hooked up. It was the least of what we could do for our people they were great to me for those 22 years and I hope I was good to them.
 
I live only 13 miles from Michigan city and go over there often because Menards, Lowes, and Big R are all right there in that location.
 
With the high use of synthetic oil and extended frequency (6000 miles) it seems like our local Valvoline instant oil change is empty most of the time. Our truck used GM dexos so the dealer does that very reasonable but the car is full synthetic so I can do that myself with Mobil 1 for about half price of a shop.
 
You have to drive about 70 miles to find one here. Most here go to Walmart also a 70 mile drive.

I know a guy that had is oil changed at juffy lube one time while he was in Lincoln. I tried to change it for him on his next oil change. I broke six sockets and my good SK rachet trying to get the oil plug out. Those guys really tightened it!
 
When I worked at the GM dealer parts dept.( before the bail out )the oil change rack was right in front of me. Oh boy the stories I could tell !!!!
I still do my own car and tractors. But on the wifes car she gets 2 years of "free" ones. I suspect I will be doing it when those expire.
Getting harder and harder for me to crawl up and down sometimes but I just can't trust people to do things for me.
 
I went to one once when I was in a rush. They over tightened my oil filter. Next change I had to really work at getting it off.

Rick
 
Several years ago a nephew had an Explorer. He visited us one day and said he had to get rid of it becasue he had to keep adding oil. Car went thru a quart every 500 miles. (by the way he is a cop, not mechanically inclined) Car had 55000 miles on it and I was in unbelief so I went out to look at car and there were drops of oil on the ground. went and got a wrench and touched to plug to tighten and got a oil bath. Fell right out. It seems he had his oil changed at one of those speedy oil changers and they forgot to tighten the plug. KEPT THE CAR FOUR MORE YEARS and never burned a drop from then on.
 
We've got a quicky change place that is locally owned, not a chain. Excellent service by experienced employees, and they make a list of stuff that needs fixing (with the hope that you'll have them fix it). My mechanic would do the job for the same price, but I like to be able to get in and out quick, on my schedule.
 
There was one by my house in Dallas. Ran by a guy with a good trained crew. Place was clean crew in good uniforms. Owner got greedy. Fired the good crew. Hired a bunch of untrained monkey's to run the place. Place was closed in two months.
 
Don't use drive through places. A friend used one and they didn't get the filter on right. Almost cost an engine, lost half the oil. I either change my own or use the dealer, which is cheaper than the drive through and get a free car wash too.
 
Guy at work always had the oil changed in his Honda at the Honda dealer. One day, they charged him $600 for a new oil pan. Drain plug was supposedly stripped out.
 
Bought my truck used, went to change the oil the first time and the plug was in cross threaded, some real winners out there! People don't care about YOUR vehicle only their paycheck!
 
I change the oil in my tractors but havent done it on one of my pickups for probably 20 years. I take it to the Chevy dealer.
Good service, competitive prices and I stay clean and eat free donuts and coffee in the lounge.
 
I've gone in a couple times in the winter when it was just plain cold and miserable outside. Every time,I regretted it. Usually the oil filter was way too tight and took a Herculean effort to get off, and when I bought my truck the strain plug was stripped. Had to go find a new drain plug, and thankfully the pan was ok.

My wife's van is due and this will be the first time I've changed it myself since buying it (got 4 free when we bought it) and my car will be the first time coming up soon to, window sticker says it was serviced by the local dealer. Maybe I'll get lucky...

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
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